Funding a divorce can be very difficult, especially for those whose spouses control all, or the majority, of the family wealth. It can be very frustrating when a spouse effectively cuts off a client from family funds and leaves them…
Social Media Spying Risks: your social media accounts can be used to spy, stalk or monitor your activities, your movements and your communications with friends. Social media can also be misused to harass you or even impersonate you. 1. Consider…
Our clients will often wish to change their name following a separation or divorce. Normally, this will be to revert to a maiden name. Frequently, clients will ask for a “deed poll”. However, this will not always be necessary. 1.…
Our clients will sometimes choose to change their name after a divorce or separation from a spouse or partner. The Home Office has released a new policy (16/08/16) on how it deals with any requests for a change of name…
In the recent case of K v K*, a Husband and Wife proceeded through the usual steps of a financial application, and at final hearing an outcome was imposed on both parties by the judge. It subsequently transpired that Decree…
In June, the Family Court was asked to deal with the decision as to whether a child should continue to live with her father, or move to live with her mother instead. The court decided that the child should live…
The High Court recently dealt with a non-paying husband and father, imposing a suspended sentence of 14 days of imprisonment, after he refused to pay the amount he had previously agreed to pay in child maintenance and towards legal fees.…
We are pleased to offer our clients a fixed fee divorce service for £990 (including VAT). We will prepare a sole divorce or dissolution application for your approval, based on the ground that the marriage has broken down irretrievably. We…
The UK Ministry of Justice has implemented an increase in court fees which will take effect next Monday, 21 March 2016. This increase will apply to all the court fees which are commonly used in family law cases: The fee to…
We would like to tackle five common myths about spousal maintenance for you: My spousal maintenance payments are fixed for life Spousal maintenance is variable. Either party can apply to the court to vary the amount that is to be paid…